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Erotism: Death and Sensuality

By Georges Bataille , Mary Dalwood

Book information

Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Year
1986
ISBN
0872861902, 9780872861909
LCC
HQ61 .B3813 1986
Open Library ID
OL2716633M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2654632 bytes)
Pages
280\141
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality—Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ecstasy, cruelty, and organized war. Investigating desire prior to and extending beyond the realm of sexuality, he argues that eroticism is "a psychological quest not alien to death.

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